Google Glass Has Already Been Hacked and Rooted
Though Google Glass runs Android, it's not exactly as wide open as your typical Android phone. And given its spot as the most futuristic tech available right now, you know hackers want to tinker with...
View ArticleThe TSA Found Human Skull Fragments Inside a Clay Pot
This is unsettling. The TSA found something wonkier and more gruesome than your usual box cutter or vibrator or even loaded gun this week: they found an actual human skull. Yeah. At Fort Lauderdale...
View ArticleThe Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Ubermensch 2009 (NSFW)
Have you ever seen something so stupendously strange, so uncannily odd that your brain was like, "Forget this mess, I'm out"? No? Great, then this will be a new experience for you. Ubermensch is the...
View ArticleYour Facebook Like Is Worth $174.17
Are you generous with your Facebook Likes? Do you click that thumbs up button for anything that even just slightly amuses you? Maybe you should start charging for liking things. According to a study,...
View ArticleNew Artificial Electric Skin Will Let Robots Feel for Real
There are plenty of robot arms out there, but what about robot skin to cover them in? A new kind of piezotronic transistor mesh could make for robotic skin that's as soft supple sensitive as your own...
View ArticleMagnetic Field Art Will Make You Miss Your Old CRT Display
Remember how awesome it was to hold up a magnet to an old CRT display, and then watch it degauss in a colorful, rainbow seizure? Well you probably don't have any CRTs on hand anymore, but German...
View ArticleWhat's The Fastest You've Ever Destroyed a New Gadget?
Accidents happen. Butterfingers or not, you're bound to slip up and destroy a perfectly lovely device, especially if you use it a lot. But the worst is when you bust that sucker up RIGHT after you've...
View ArticleHow to Book Travel Online for Less
With clear skies and rising temperatures around the country, the summer travel season is nearly upon us. And unless you've got money to burn or a first-born to offer, now's the time to book your travel...
View ArticleIs This the Closest We'll Ever Get To Seeing a Back to the Future Hoverboard...
Everyone wants a hoverboard. Everyone. Don't even try to disagree. But while you can buy a lame-o, non-working Back to the Future-style 'board, it's just not the real thing. Crazy optimists can hold...
View ArticleThe Best 3D Printed Objects, A Giant Mars Penis, The Samsung Galaxy S4...
Well folks, you have officially made it to the freakin' weekend. And baby, it's about time you had you some fun. To get you started we've got giant Mars penises, an explainer on computers from the...
View ArticleThese Award-Winning Vines Are Everything a Six Second Film Should Be
Vines aren't exactly a new from of high art or anything. But while poorly edited Vine's of your friends' cats doing nothing are probably what you see most often, there are some pretty good ones, with...
View ArticleHow Baby Spoons Are Feeding American Manufacturing
We've all spooned grub into our gaping maws at one point or another, but how about spooning a new soul into the vacant husk of American manufacturing? That's what Spuni is doing with just a bright...
View ArticleFrozen Metal Slabs Changed The Way We Eat Forever
It's easy to forget that almost nothing you eat was grown remotely near you and plenty of it wasn't even grown recently. And for that miracle of modern day life, we have gigantic metal plates, frozen...
View ArticleWould You Ever Use a Facebook-Connected Beer Mug?
In the grand scheme of things, social media is pretty great by most accounts. It's changed the face of the Internet. Drinking is also pretty great. It formed the shape of the world. So how about...
View ArticleHow Jurassic Park's Fearsome Robo-Rex Got Its Skin
It's one thing to make a giant, robotic Tyrannosaurus Rex. It's another thing entirely to make it look remotely real. Granted, a robo-rex is awesome in its own right, but it's just not quite the...
View ArticleAndrew W.K.: Party Hard
Saturday night in a song. An awesome, down-to-earth, relentlessly explicit song. 'nuff said. Make me proud. [Spotify, Amazon, iTunes]
View ArticleWatching Someone Make Daguerreotypes Is Totally Mesmerizing
To be honest, it's pretty clear why daguerreotypes got passed over for more flexible photographic processes. You put a crap ton of work, not to mention seriously dangerous chemicals, into an image that...
View ArticleThe iTunes Store Is A Decade Old Today
For better or worse, Apple has been peddling digital wares for ten years through its iTunes store. What started as a 99 cent, iPod-centric music seller has evolved into the billion dollar behemoth we...
View ArticleInstall Shelves That Make Your House Look Windy
These shelves throw caution to the wind. They'll blow you away. They're a breeze. Can't. Stop. Puns. Everywhere. Look, the point is that paper scattering in the wind is a great motif for shelves and...
View ArticleFinally A Cute Robot That Doesn't Have The Crazy Eyes
Wall-E has adorable droopy eyes and is totally compelling, but I have to remind everyone that he isn't real. If you need a minute to let that sink in take as much time as you need. We're gonna talk...
View ArticleTwo Meteorites Discovered In Antarctica May Be From The Same Supernova
There's nothing more fascinating or TV special-worthy than twins separated at birth. Whether they're reunited at 15 or 50 it's safe to say that there'll be some eerily similar food preferences and a...
View ArticleWhat's The Biggest Internet Shopping Risk You've Ever Taken?
There are some things you should really see/inspect/measure before you buy, but in the age of item reviews and free return shipping laziness often dictates that we just take a best guess and see how...
View ArticleGigabit Internet In Vermont Is Cheaper Than Google Fiber
There have been vague rumblings about ISPs stepping up to match Google Fiber's gigabit internet offering, especially since Google announced that the next Fiber city would be Austin. Now 600 residents...
View ArticleEquip Yourself With Slingshots For The Zombie Apocalypse
When you think about how you would deal with a zombie invasion, the weapons that come to mind probably don't include slingshots. But if the story of David and Goliath has taught us anything it's that...
View ArticleIs Molten Light Oozing Out Of The Abyss?
If ever there was something bubbling out of the primordial ooze it's these little pools of light. There's something that's just gloopy and compelling about them. This is KIHOU, a series produced by...
View ArticleThis Shirt Can Be Worn For 100 Days Without Washing, Which Sounds Incredibly...
Who even knows. The creators of Wool&Prince are claiming that you can wear their wool button-down shirts for days on end without them wrinkling, smelling or showing any dirt. Frankly, that sounds...
View Articleefemr Is Snapchat For Twitter Which Can Only End Well
So yeah, efemr is a web app that scrubs tweets after the amount of time you hashtag. Want a tweet gone after five minutes? #5m. Two hours? #2h. You get the gist. The usual retweet concerns still...
View ArticleUndercover Cops Are Selling iPhones On The Street To Get People To Stop...
In San Francisco police are trying a new tactic to disincentivize people from buying stolen iPhones: they're trapping them in undercover stings. Wearing plain clothes, the officers are going around...
View ArticlePaul McCartney and Wings: Hi Hi Hi
This is a good song. No one is saying that you should listen to it while in any type of altered mental state whatsoever. It's just a good song. The Wings recorded it in 1972 and it got pretty popular,...
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